Age discrimination in hiring is a huge issue for job seekers over 50. We need to enforce laws against age discrimination and reinstate hiring quotas to include age, as well as race, belief system, gender and sexual preference. Older job seekers need to be a protected class. We ask our state and federal representatives, as well as President Obama, to review this issue and recommend a plan to ensure that qualified job seekers over the age of 50 have an equal chance of employment!
Why is this important?
We need to put teeth into laws prohibiting age discrimination in hiring to ensure that qualified job-seekers over the age of 50 are not discriminated against by potential employers. Employers frequently turn down older applicants due to many erroneous notions; among them, that older workers on the payroll increase insurance premiums. An older applicant's qualifications, experience and work ethic appear to take a back seat to the employer's bottom line. Let's make sure that qualified seniors have an equal chance in the workplace!
